Temporary binder



Jan. 16, 1923.

- 1,442,620 H. c. LANDON.

TEMPGRARY BINDER.

FILED JUNE 1. 1921.

Patented Jan. 16, 1923.

UNH'ED STATES httfah@ PATENT @Fiftha HERBERT C. LANDON, OIE' WEST NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO ALVAJHI BUSHNELL COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Application filed June 1, 1921.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT C. LANDON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vest New York, county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Temporary Binders, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to that type of binder in which letters or other loose leaf ocuments and papers may be temporarily led.

The leading` object of the present invention is to provide a binder of this character which is of light and durable construction of few and simple parts and of comparatively inexpensive structure. A further object relates to the provision of general details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts for attaining 'the results contemplated by the leading object.

The invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described and finally claimed.

The nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will be more fully understood from the following description.

taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, and in which:

Fig. 1, is a view of a binder embodying features of the present invention, open to receive leaves.

Fig. 2, is an edge view thereof, and

Fig. 3, is a view in central section, drawn to an enlarged scale of one of the leaf retaining devices shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

For the purpose of illustrating my inn ven'tion I have shown in the accompanying drawings one form thereof which is at pres ent preferred by me, since the same has been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be vari ously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise ar rangement and organization of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

In the drawings 10 designates a pair of backs of suitable material. In practice press-board or other stiff material has been found to give excellent results. The backs are connected by a portion 11 of pliable inaterial as linen, muslin or equivalent ma- D TEMPORARY BINDER.

Serial No. 474,197.

terial. Secured to the inner face of port-ion 11, as by rivets 12 or equivalentmediums, are spaced, elongated plates 13, of thin metal, which plates are slightly curved, longitudinally considered, to conform to the shape of portion `11. One end of each plate is bent upwardly as at 141 and outwardly upon a curved line as at 15. The part 14C is apertured as at 16 for a purpose to presently appear. The opposite end of each plate is bent upwardly as at 17, curved outwardly 'as at 18 and then bent downwardly as at 19. The parts 17 and 19 are space-dapart as at 20 and the part 17 is apertured as at 21 which aperture is in alignment with aperture 16. Complemental to each plate is an iinpaling pin 22 having a head 23. In practice conventional wire nails are efficient for the purpose. I prefer, however, to cut off the nail points. The pins are passed through the apertures 21 prior to the parts 19 of the plates 18 being turned over. The heads 23 serve to prevent undue longitudinal movement of the pins yet there is suiiicient play between the parts to permit movement of the pins in angular directions. In locked position of each pin the free end thereof is seated within aperture 16. In practice the parts 141-15 of a plate is sufficiently yielding so that a pin 22 when pressed there-against serves to move said parts outwardly so that said pin may be snapped to place in aperture 16. In Fig. 2, the pin is out of engagement with aperture 16 and in Fig. 3 the pin is locked in place. In practice loose leaves (not shown) and preferably, though not essentially, provided with eyelet openings, are impaled upon the pins 22, while in the position shown in Fig. 2, and then said pins are snapped to closed position. A securing device comprises only two parts thus ensuring cheapness and simplicity. It may be stated that a pin 22 has in effect a universal joint connection with a part 17 thus insuring the movementthereof to readily accept loose leaves.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful construction which embodies the features of advantage enu merated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description and while I have in the present instance shown and described the preferred embodiment thereof which has been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, it

is to be f understood that the saine is sus; oeptible ot' modification in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or saerilieing any of its advantages.

What I claim is:

In a temporary binder the combination of a pair of backs and aconneeting portion, a plate one end of whiolris provided with an upwardly extended, apertured part bent over, extended downwardly in parallelism lwith and spaced throughout. its .extent from saidapertured part, the other endo which plate is bent upwardly, is apertured in alignment: with the lirst 4mentioned aper- V binder,

ture andl is thereafter outwardly and upwardly extended in a Curved manner, the intermediate portion of said plate being secured to said connecting` portion of the and an impaling-pin passing through the first mentioned aperture for en- -gagement with the second mentioned aperture which pin has a disc-like head freely arranged withinfthe space formed by the upwardly and downwardly extended parts of the plate to provide a universal joint oonneetion for said pin.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

HERBERT C. LANDON. 

